Isaiah 30:3

Isaiah 30:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
• New International Version (NIV)But Pharaoh’s protection will be to your shame, Egypt’s shade will bring you disgrace.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to your shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your humiliation.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore the strength of Pharaoh Shall be your shame, And trust in the shadow of Egypt Shall be your humiliation.

Context of Isaiah 30:3

1“Oy , the rebellious children” —it is a declaration of Adonai— “Who carry out a plan, but not Mine, and make an alliance, but not of My Ruach, so they may add sin to sin, 2who go down to Egypt, but did not consult Me, to take refuge in Pharaoh’s stronghold, to seek shelter in Egypt’s shadow. Therefore Pharaoh’s stronghold will become your shame, and the shelter in Egypt’s shadow will become your disgrace. 4For though their princes are at Zoan and their ambassadors reach Hanes, 5they will all be ashamed of a people who cannot profit them. They are neither help nor profit, but shame and disgrace.”

Isaiah 30:3 word by word

וְהָיָ֥ה לָכֶ֛ם מָע֥וֹז פַּרְעֹ֖ה לְבֹ֑שֶׁת וְהֶחָס֥וּת בְּצֵל־מִצְרַ֖יִם לִכְלִמָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore shall the strengthמָעוֹזmâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz mâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz · securityH4581
• of Pharaohפַּרְעֹהpar‛ôh · PharaohH6547
• be your shameבֹּ֫שֶׁתbôsheth · shameH1322
• and the trustחָסוּתchâsûth · refugeH2622
• in the shadowצֵלtsêl · shadowH6738
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• confusionכְּלִמָּהkelimmâh · shameH3639

Cross-references for Isaiah 30:3

• Isaiah 30:5they will all be ashamed of a people who cannot profit them. They are neither help nor profit, but shame and disgrace.”
• Isaiah 20:5So they will be dismayed and ashamed, because they hoped in Ethiopia and boasted in Egypt.
• Jeremiah 37:5Meanwhile Pharaoh’s army had set out of Egypt, and when the Chaldeans besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they lifted the siege from Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 45:16All of them will be ashamed, disgraced— idol-makers go in dishonor together.
• Jeremiah 17:5Thus says Adonai: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, and depends on flesh as his arm, and whose heart turns from Adonai.
• Romans 5:5And hope does not disappoint, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Ruach ha-Kodesh who was given to us.
• Romans 10:11For the Scripture says, “Whoever trusts in Him will not be put to shame.”

Commentaries on Isaiah 30:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame - (see the note at Isaiah 20:5). Your confusion - Hebrew, For reproach.‘ It would either occur that the Egyptians “would” not enter into an alliance; or that if they did, they “could” not defend them, and in either case it would be the source of deep regret and shame.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5This prophecy warned Judah not to rely on Egypt. It is the fourth of six woes (see study note on Isaiah 28:1–33:24).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. shame--disappointment. Egypt, weakened by its internal dissensions, can give no solid help.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 30:3

• Isaiah
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

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Commentaries on Isaiah 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings